ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,871, issued on June 24, was assigned to West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (Exton, Pa.).
"Laser-marked medical components from elastomers" was invented by Jason Krizan (Ellicott City, Md.) and Silji Abraham (Southfield, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device component is provided. The medical device component may include a body having a first surface being at least partially formed from a markable material having a first color, the markable material having a characteristic that an area exposed to laser irradiation of a predetermined wavelength of ultraviolet light changes to a second color different from the first color...